Trigger mechanism for toy guns



Nov. 20, 1956 J. A. SIGG 2,770,916

TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR TOY GUNS Filed Nov. 28, 1952.

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Application November 28, 1952, Serial No. 322,912

1 Claim. (Cl. 46-175) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in toy guns and it is among the objects thereof to providea toy gun embodying a novel form of trigger release to eflect impact ofa movable barrel with a stop to produce sound.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a toy gun or pistolconsisting of a minimum of movable parts biased by coil springs in amanner to be operable by movement of a novel form of trigger mechanism.

These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent froma consideration of the accompanying drawing constituting a part hereofin which like reference characters designate like parts and in whichFig. l. is a side elevational view of a toy pistol embodying theprinciples of this invention,

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cover removed to show the operatingparts;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view taken along the lines 33, Fig.2; and

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a trigger slide.

In the drawing the numeral 1 generally designates the gun stock having apistol grip 2, a barrel 3, and a movable sleeve 4. The stock 1 may be asplit member or it may be provided with a cover which, in either case,provides for accessibility for the assembly of the movable parts.

As shown in Fig. 2, the grip 2 is a hollow member and is slotted out at5 to receive a trigger 6, the trigger being a fiat elongated memberrecessed at 7 to permit it to extend beyond the edge of the wall of thestock 1. As shown in Fig. 4, the trigger 6 is integrally formed with aslide, generally designated by the numeral 8, which has a body portion 8of rectangular shape that slides in a complementary-shaped recessedportion 9 of the gun stock at one end and a recessed portion 10 at theouther end. The slide 8 is biased by a coil spring 11 to normally extendwith its end 12 abutting the wall 13 of the pistol stock. When thetrigger 6 is retracted, as in the act of shooting, the slide 8 movesrearward into the recess formed by the extension 10, thereby compressingcoil spring 11, and when the trigger 6 is released, the spring actionwill return the slide 8 to its abutting position against the wall 13 asshown in Fig. 2. The barrel 3 is slidably mounted in the stock 1 and isprovided with one or more grooves 14 which engage lugs in the gun stockto prevent it from turning while permitting free sliding movementthereof. The barrel 14 is provided with an extending fin-like portion'15 to provide an ornamentation of a wing-like member that moves withthe barrel 3, and the gun stock is cut out with circular openings asshown at 16 for ornamental eifect. As shown in Fig. 2, the barrel is cutaway at 17 to form a shoulder 18 that is engaged by a shoulder 19 of thetrigger slide 8, and a rounded portion 20 is provided on the slide 8which engages the projection 21 of the gun stock to depress itdownwardly, it being noted that the slide 8 is slotted as shown at 22 toconstitute the upper portion a spring ice element. The gun barrel 3 isalso biased by a coil spring 23 disposed in a recess provided for thatpurpose in the stock 1 so that when the barrel is disengaged by thetrigger slide 8 it will be extended in a forward direction. The sleeveelement 4 as shown in Fig. 2 is also provided with a coil spring 24which is a weak spring that permits the sleeve to slide when the barrelis subjected to movement by the trigger action.

The operation of the above described toy gun is briefly as follows. Withthe trigger slide 8 and barrel 3 assembled in the manner shown in Figs.2 and 3, they are both biased by the respective coil springs 11 and 23to the forward position as shown in Fig. 2. By retracting the trigger 6,shoulder 19 of slide 8 engages shoulder. 18 of the barrel 3, moving itrearward against the action of the springs 11 and 23. When the lip 20engages the extension 21 of the gun stock, the spring portion of slide 8formed by the slot 22 will become depressed until shoulder 19 releasesshoulder 18 and the pistol barrel 3 will spring forward by action of thecoil spring 23. The extending wing portion 15 will strike the face 25 ofthe stock 1 and produce a resounding impact. The trigger slide 6 willreturn to its forward position when released by action of spring 11. Byslipping the trigger finger downward when slide 6 is retracted againstspring 11 rapid firing may be simulated. By repeated retraction of thetrigger 6, the barrel 3 and wing portion 15 will continue to reciprocateback and forth. Sleeve 4, because of its spring mounting 24, .will alsoproduce a perceptible sliding action which adds to the animated effectsimulating recoil action of a pistol.

It is evident from the foregoing description of this invention that toypistols or guns made in accordance therewith are of simple constructionand can be made of wood, plastic, or other light weight materials foruse as a play toy.

Although one embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated anddescribed, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the principles herein set forth.

I claim:

In a toy gun, a stock having a slot in the top thereof, and a triggerslide projecting through a portion of the bottom of the stock adjacent ahand grip provided on said stock, a gun barrel mounted for freelysliding movement in said stock having a Wing-like projection extendingthrough the slot in the top of the stock, said wing-like element havinga shoulder for abutting the forward end of the stock to produce a sound,a coil spring at the rear of the barrel for biasing the same in aforward direction, said trigger slide having an integrally formed springfinger extending longitudinally beneath the barrel notched for engaginga complementary shaped portion of the barrel to retract the latter, andmeans in the path of rearward movement of said spring finger fordisplacing the same to release the barrel, said trigger slide beingbiased by a spring in a forward direction.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS188,028 Quackenbush Mar 6 1877 945,484 Anderson Jan. 4, 1910 1,259,463De Fir Mar. 12, 1918 2,529,709 Sigg NOV. 14, 1950 2,642,057 Watkins June16, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 285,217 Germany June 12, 1915

